The Republican journal., 1887-07-21
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
COLBY'S CLASS OF 49,

COLBY'S CLASS OF ~.
W. b. Farr, the class historian, gives the fol-
lowing about the class of 81:
of the class, 3S; number at the beginning
of the Freshman ycor, 81; Sophomore
year, 81; Junior year, 81: Senior year,
81. We graduate 81, the same number that en-
tered. Twenty-nine of the class reside in
Maine, two in Massachusetts, one i'm Mississp-
pl. one in Iowa and one in New Brunswick !;
13 came from the country, Is from villages and
six from the city; % have taught school. The
oldest man IN the class is % years and -
months, the youngest is 10 years months, and
the average is 23 years 6 months. The heav-
est man weighs 1S6 pounds, the ightest 100. and
the average l59. Tallest man feet inches !;
shortest, 5 feet l IL inches; average, ) feet
3 IL inches. Total moustaches, 1G; siders,
four.
Republicans, %; Democrats. six; Indepen-
dent Republican, one; Liberal Republican, one !;
Independent, one. Protection. %; limited pro-
lection, four; tariff for revenue only, two; {;
Tree trade, two; reform, one. Opposed to cap
ltal punishment, 16; the same number favor it,
and two are undecided.
The class contains 10 Baptists, five Metho-
dlsts, four Consregationalists, one Unitarian,
and hve have no religious preferences. We
have eight professional teachers, seven busi.
ness men, four ministers, four lawyers, four
doctors, one journalist. one worker, and five
undecided. In favor of education, IS: oppos-
ell, 13; indifferent. 9. Four are engaged, 30
would Ike to he. Eleven can warb!e, nine pc
riodically try to sing, four play the piano.
There is one smoker, and five occasional smok-
erS.
EVIDENCE OF TIE SroNE-AGE All DEER ISLE.
Stinson's Neck, although part of the town
of Deer Isle, is, in fact, an island, and connect
ed with Deer Isle by Il bar. which is uncover
ell at half tide. There is Il cauSewav connect
ing the two islands composed of worn, round-
ish granite boultlers. 1t is about thirty feet
wide. regular on its sides, and quarter of a
mile long from shore to shore. Its shape is
that of an elongated 5, and the stones of which
1t Is composed vary from two or three hundred
pounds to about ton. Although BIC boul,lers
-.">tranders"-as shown by their composition
being different from the country rock, are in
abundance near by, none of large size are to be
found in the causeway. The oldest inhabitants
say that their grandfathers, when they came
here and settled. found them in place as now
seen. by whom was this caliscway built? Ger
tainly not by the Indians. for they couli have
had no Use for it. or cattle or appliances to
move so many hundreds of ton of rocks. Per-
haps it was built by the prehistoric race who
left i'll different parts of the country, 50 many
evidences of their engineering skill. Perhaps
the mound builders of Ohio. used to make this
spot their summer resort. We hope that some
of the distinguished savantS who spend Il few
WIN" WIN VIII examine
this locality and give their conjectureS. The
bridge is covered at high water Il foot or two.
and ut the bank at the Deer Isle end there is a
high bank or deposit of shells. Deer Isle Ga
Zcttc
LOYALTY AND 1TE FLAG.
In his 4th of July Grafton at Lincoln Con-
gresham Boutellc said We have no right to
give away single point that was won in our
victory over secession. Not Il memorial of
1 hnf I,
emblem of that victory, not Il bloody battle
flag showing the hcroism of our own brave
boys in defending our Nation and overthrow
ing It's enemies should be removed from the
place where the Nation accepted them from
the hands Of its various defenders. Where is
the man or men with the arrogance to say that
those banners belong to him or them: in
dulSe i'll 10 imprecations, there is no need of
nale,ilrtions, but lie who led the ISraelitcs out
of captivity: the God to whom Washington
prayed before the battle; whose favor was in
vokca by Abraham Lincoln when he smotc
the shacklcs from four millions of Go,l's child
rcn; who guided Farra"ilt through the fiery
gates to victory; who sustained Grant i'm the
Wilderness and blessed him and his colntry's
cause nj AppOmattoX, will not. I believe per-
NIT the visible tokens to be removed. The
flags must stay! TAppause.l Not in the dust
OF some obscure attic or cellar in Washington.
hut in accordance with benign law must be
displayed to teach the lesson they SO coquently
impart.
APPoRIloNMENT OF TIE SCHOOL FUNDS.
state Treasurer Burlcigh has completed the
of the school funds to the sev-
cral cities. towns and plantations in the State
for the year lSSS. BY reason of the increased
receipts of money for the benefit of schools the
amount for lSSS is larger than the amount ap-
portioncd last year for lSS1, by SO, ,S1G.2l. The
following shows the aggregate to each county: